[vjust]

The Khalistan movement found a fertile breeding ground in Canada about 40 years ago. They bombed an airline (AirIndia flight 182) in the 80s, the terrorists who plotted walk free in Canada to this day. Additionally, any Sikh , in Vancouver, who dissents with the Khalistan idea is asking for trouble - its a mafia. This tumor in Canada's politics has been allowed to fester, and now their PM is hostage because he is a minority party , one wrong move and he's out of power. Assassinations and hit jobs are common. In 1984, leaders were groomed, there were riots over Khalistan and a major political assasination of PM Indira Gandhi. I wonder what other Sikh leader is being groomed, this time in Canada - to blow up in the Canadian political scene.

When the Khalistan govt. crackdown, and violent riots happened in India in 1984/85 I saw that first hand. These fugitives from India are a mix of Political aspiration (nothing wrong there), bigotry, criminal mafia, and vengeful militias that wields political power in Canada - Canada has opened its doors to trouble. Some of the grievances are no doubt legit, but there is (effectively/relatively) zero religious repression of Sikhs in India (unlike other minorities in India who have experienced problems, based on their religious views, that are covered in the media).

The vast majority of Sikhs want nothing to do with these extremists. Sure they want to protect their distinct identity, and culture, a beautiful thing in itself. Obviously, the Indian govt can do much more and be more effective if it tries, within its own borders - but thats a matter of political will or games. But India has already paid the price, and been there.

Canada has no clue they're dealing with a major social/political/criminal nuisance.

[dghlsakjg]

An order of magnitude more Canadians died on that flight than Indians. Canada has a higher percentage of Sikh residents than India at this point. This issue isn’t exclusively Indian.

The issue is that an extrajudicial, extraterritorial killing of a foreign citizen is a pretty serious step to take. There is no evidence that India tried to extradite or otherwise bring this gentleman to justice, nor what exactly his crime would be. India has accused him of a lot with not a lot of specificity.

Flip this on its head: if Canada were to identify the assassins, would it be appropriate to send Canadian agents to India to have them assassinated? How would Indians react to such an act?

[belltaco]

> An order of magnitude more Canadians died on that flight than Indians

They were almost all of Indian or South Asian ethnicity since the flight was to India.

The wiretaps with critical evidence were intentionally destroyed by the Canadian govt, according to the RCMP, resulting in two perpetuators walking away.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37604552

> There is no evidence that India tried to extradite or otherwise bring this gentleman to justice, nor what exactly his crime would be

You're completely out of the loop on this. India put out two Interpol notices in 2014 and 2016, put him on most wanted lists and requested the Canadian government multiple times for an extradition.

Article from a year ago https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/pu...

Canada refused, just like the current Canadian PM's dad refused to extradite the mastermind of the Air India bombing in the early eighties when he was the PM because "India recognizes the Queen as the Head of the Commonwealth but not as head of state".